Senior Consumer Loan Servicing Specialist

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GENERAL SUMMARY

Under the general direction of the Loan Servicing Supervisor, following established Bank policies and procedures and industry regulations, performs duties related to the servicing of the Bank's consumer loan portfolio. The essential functions are described below.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Complete all job duties pertaining to servicing loans sold to Freddie Mac including, but not limited to, daily and monthly remittance of payments, status updates in Freddie system, and reconciliation of custodial accounts.
• Assign new loan boarding files and monitors for booking completion.
• Review exception reports and corrects errors, as required.
• Resolve escalated issues by determining the cause of the problem, selecting and explaining the best solution to solve the concern, expediting the correction or adjustment, and follows up to ensure resolution.
• Perform callback of assigned new loans booked .
• Respond to inquiries from both internal and external customers via email or through the Call Center by professionally answering borrower's questions and concerns regarding the servicing of their mortgage loans to include : billing statements, misapplied payments and other servicing functions while maintaining the confidentiality of customer information.
• Ensure all customer issues and complaints are resolved in a timely manner including escalating the complaint to management.
• Provide support to ensure all customers' requests are processed in a timely and accurate manner by assigned staff. For example, third parties and internal staff for payment histories, amortization schedules, duplicate 1098 statements, payoffs, verification of mortgage, documentation requests, setup-change-cancellation of autopayment, etc.
• Book the purchased loans and balances to GL entries required for the purchase.
• Assist other processors periodically to process payment and payoff funds, return items, review and clear non-posted Lockbox payments, review and clear system posting rejects and unapplied funds, and clear Loan WIP account of loan payments.
• Review payoff demands and verification of mortgage.
• May be asked to coach, mentor, or train other staff.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education : High school graduate or equivalent. Education or experience should include courses in accounting, finance, and / or bookkeeping.

Experience : 5+ years in Loan Servicing and a thorough understanding of consumer loan servicing products and Freddie Mac Investor reporting required. Strong knowledge of state and federal banking regulations and procedures with regulatory requirements including but not limited to CFPB, FCRA, HMDA, RESPA, Reg Z, SCRA, TILA, and UDAAP.

Skills / Ability :

OTHER DETAILS

$32.98 - $35.43 / hour

Pay determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

This position may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.

Cathay Bank offers its full-time employees a competitive benefits package which is a significant part of their total compensation. It is our goal to provide employees with a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs which includes, coverage for medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health saving account (HSA) with company contributions, voluntary coverages, and 401(k).

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